With 2017 drawing to a close, Travel Agent talked with multiple consortia leaders, travel agency owners, travel agents and industry experts and asked: “Who are the most innovative, influential or trendsetting cruise leaders or personalities out there in the cruise industry?” See who made the list.

After sweating out what U.S. President Donald J. Trump would say last Friday in Miami about Cuba travel, the cruise industry is breathing a collective sigh of relief this week. Specific regulations, though, are yet to come -- here's the latest.